Nanotechnology Sees Applications in Fuel Cells and Solar Power/Micro Fuel Cells to Power Mobile Devices

Potential methods of generating energy with nanotechnology are nearly boundless, and some applications are creating synergies between plastics and nanotech. However, the most immediately promising possibilities are for solar power and fuel cell power. Michael Graetzel, a Swiss scientist, invented a new kind of solar cell that uses dye molecules and titanium dioxide. This enables manufacturers to place highly efficient and versatile solar cells in flexible plastic sheets, rather than the traditional glass and silicon cells.

A new development in nanosolar technology is multi-junction solar cells, which were initially exhibited by researchers from the Imperial College, London at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in 2009 in the UK. These cells layer on top of each other, with each layer capturing energy from a particular color in the spectrum of sunlight. Converting energy from the entire spectrum may result in the ability to turn as much as 50% of the energy in sunlight into electricity compared to the 20% or so that is gleaned using conventional solar cells. Solar Junction, a San Jose, California-based company www.sj-solar.com , specializes in the technology. In 2015, the firm announced the development of a four-junction (4J) cell for use in outer space.

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